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Over the years, the De Beers commit­ designed for both economy and comfort De Beers House ment to Cecil John Rhodes’ concern for and is not marred by some of the draw­ society has continued, and Rhodes Univer­backs which have arisen with some other opened sity has benefited from this commitment residences on campus. The design of the many times. In 1974 De Beers' Social new residence was based upon that of the Monday, April 11,1988 was a day of celeb­Resonsibility Fund was combined with adjoining Goldfields House. The choice ration at Rhodes, when the newest resid­ that of their sister company, Anglo and pattern of the brickwork blend in with ence at Kimberley Hall was opened by Dr American, to form the Anglo American that used in the surrounding residences, Julian Ogilvie Thompson, Chairman of Deand De Beers Chairman's Fund and subse­ but De Beers house has an identity all of Beers Consolidated Mines. quently, the Education Trust. It wasits own. De Beers House, which houses about 80through the Education Trust that De Beers male students, took a year to build at a costwas able to fund the building of the new of Rl,74 million which was donated to the residence. The donation of this money was University by Anglo American and De just one of several special donations made Beers Chairman’s Fund Educational to universities to mark the centenary of Trust. De Beers. It was decided to name the new residence At the official opening of De Beers De Beers House to maintain the symbolicHouse, Dr Ogilvie Thompson said that the link between the University and the man Chairman’s Fund was particularly Wanted after whom it was named, Cecil John impressed with the pioneering work done Rhodes. Rhodes was not only a shrewdby Rhodes to open its campus residence to businessman. He was also a philanthrop­students of all races. Copies of student newspapers, RHODEO ist, and the trust fund endowed in Rhodes’ “The availability of suitable accom­ such as and other Will continued the work he had started, in modation conducive to private study is astudent publications from the helping to lay the foundations for thebasic requirement if any individual is to period 1918 to 1939. fledgling Rhodes University College in make the best of his or her study years,” The Cory Library for Histori­ 1904. he said. cal Research has many gaps in its "Halls of residence offer much more records and would appreciate than simply board and lodging. Hall life any help that Old Rhodians involves social inter-action and is specifi­ can give. cally intended to create a special cam­ Please send any relevant araderie among the inhabitants of indivi­ material to: dual halls. This meeting and mixing with The Cory Librarian fellow students should be of major assis­ tance in integrating black students into Rhodes University university life,” Dr Ogilvie Thompson Grahamstown stressed. 6140 South Africa At a luncheon in the Kimberley Hall Dining Room to mark the opening of the new residence, the Vice-Principal, Dr Roux van der Merwe, explained how the residence system at Rhodes has had to grow, especially in the last 20 years, to keepKeep in pace with the growing number of students requiring accommodation. touch Thanking everyone concerned with the planning, design and construction of De The Department of Business Adminis­ Beers house. Dr van der Merwe stressed tration’s first Annual Report, full of that such expansion to provide bigger andnews of the Department’s activities dur­ better facilities for students at Rhodes ing 1987, has just been sent to all known would not be possible without the generouspast students of the Department. If you support of the mining industry and thehaven’t received a copy, and would like world of business in general, especially in one, please contact Mrs King at the these times of subsidy cuts. Department of Business Administration Dr van der Merwe called upon the at Rhodes. residents of De Beers house to use the uni­ This will be an annual publication, and que opportunity the new residence affor­ the Department is keen to keep in touch ded them to build on the joint traditions of De Beers and Rhodes and, in so doing, to with as many past students as possible., “create a special community in the future,so please let Mrs King know where you on the basis of this illustrious past”. are and what line of business you are Dr Julian Ogilvie Thompson De Beers house is a model residence, in.

1 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 ISEA Award Shades of Adamastor

Dr Lawrence Wright, a Lecturer in the To mark the quincentenary of Bartolomeu Department of English at Rhodes Univer­ Dias’ rounding of the Cape, the Institute for sity, has been awarded the 1988 Alan the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), in Macintosh Travelling Fellowship, association with the National English administered by the Institute for the Study Literary Museum (NELM) published an of English in Africa (ISEA) at Rhodes. anthology of poetry entitledShades of The award will enable Dr Wright to Adamastor. undertake research into the place of The anthology was compiled and intro­ Shakespeare in post-colonial Africa. duced by Professor Malvern van Wyk “My proposed research will have value Smith, Head of the Department of English in helping to determine the future of the at Rhodes. literature curriculum in our rapidly chang­ “The mythical figure of Adamastor was ing society, and will also have specific chosen as the key image for the anthology application to the development of a series because there is a large amount of material of Shakespeare texts tailored to the needs of in which the encounter between the the second language speaker in southern explorers and the brooding spirit of Africa Africa’’, Dr Wright said. is depicted. Luis de Camoes, the 16th cen­ His research will involve a trip to Britain tury Portuguese poet, created the allegori­ to consult libraries and academic experts, cal figure of Adamastor to express the as well as contact with educators and hostile spirit of the Cape of Storms. academics in different parts of post­ “Adamastor is an extremely powerful colonial Africa. image, which runs through the work of a Dr Wright, who previously won Rhodes number of poets, from quite early writers to and Commonwealth Scholarships, is pro­ those of the present day. For Roy ject leader for the Shakespeare for Students Dr Lawrence Wright Campbell, Adamastor became the image in Southern Africa project, Executive for the whole of Africa in his valedictory Editor ofShakespeare in Southern Africa and poem written in the 1930’s,’’ Prof van Wyk a member of the National Executive of the Smit said. Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa. Old Rhodian Other poets include Guy Butler, David The Alan Macintosh Fellowship, Wright, Roy McNabb, Anthony Delius and endowed by Mrs Marjorie Macintosh in Reunions Sydney Clouts. memory of her husband, was established “Poets are grappling with the problem of with the intention of improving the stan­ BLOEMFONTEIN how to amalgamate their European origins dard of the teaching of English in South with their lives in Africa, and the Adamas­ Africa in ways likely to prove most effec­Thursday 8 September — 6.30 p.m. at 121 Dan Pienaar Drive tor image appears in the works of even such tive, and is offered by the ISEA in recent poets as Stephen Watson, who uses alternate years. Contact: Mrs Marge Mahaffey : Telephone 311812 this anthropomorphic image Thein Moun­ tain (in This City, 1986). CAPE TOWN “I have tried to cover as much ground as Friday 9 September — WPCC Impala possible in the anthology. It is not just a Room celebration of the endeavours of the Por­ Contact: Mrs Kitty Cruise : Telephone tuguese explorers. We need to be aware of 741978 the fact that their feats are not welcomed by black poets — their work is a story of con­ DURBAN quest. So the anthology sees those voyages Friday 9 September — The Staff Club, from several angles — from heroic Natal University, Durban at 6.30 p.m. endeavour to black outrage,” Prof van Wyk Contact: Dr Andrew Mitchell: Telephone Smit said. 8202652

JOHANNESBURG Friday 16 September — The Wanderers at 6.30 p.m. Contact: Miss Charmaine Crawford : Telephone 7885543

KIMBERLEY Wednesday 7 September — The Kimberley Club at 6.00 p.m. Contact:Mr Jock Robey : Telephone 31486

PRETORIA Saturday 17 September Contact: Mr Mark Delaney : Telephone 6618866

UNITED KINGDOM Saturday 3 September — a lunch-time braaivleis at Rex and Elizabeth Davis’s Prof Jack Gledhill received an Honorary DSc fromhome in Dorking. UNISA at the end of last year. Prof Gledhill is theContact: Mr Murray Graham : address — Director of the Hermann Olthaver Institute 27 at Dormers Wells Lane, Southall, Mid­ Rhodes. dlesex UB1 3HX, England. Professor Malvern van Wyk Smith

RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 2 RHODES UNIVERSITY Old Rhodian News CONVOCATION ANNUAL MEETING 1988 Errol (1979)and Debbie (Gibbs, 1978) NOTICE Abrahamsonhave settled in Somerset East, where Errol has joined the family legal practice and Debbie freelances as a script­ The Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting of Convocation (for members of Convocation writer for educational television program­ only) will be held in the Vice-Chancellor’s Dining Room, Rhodes Union, on mes. Thursday, 18 August 1988, at 5.15 p.m. Fiona (Doran 1948) Adamczewskilives in AGENDA London and arranges displays of arts and crafts. Her last arrangement, on embroid­ 1. Notice of Meeting. ery, was held at Hampton Court. 2. Minutes of Thirty-Seventh Annual Meeting held on 20 August, 1987. Elizabeth Aitchison (1975)is presently (Distributed with the December 1987 Newsletter). Head of the English Department at Cape Town High School. She teaches English 3. The Vice-Chancellor’s report. and Drama.

4. Election of six members of the Executive Committee in terms of the Constitu­ Julie Aitchison (Jardin 1969)taught History tion, for a period of two years, to replace the following members who were and English at Rhenish Girls’ High elected on 21 August, 1986 and whose terms of office are expiring:- School, where she was also a hostel super­ intendent. She married recently and moved Mr Justice T M Mullins to Cape Town. Mr Justice N Zietsman Dr J Branford George (J M) Alers (1940)was headmaster Mr T T Long of Chaplin School in Gweru, Zimbabwe Prof J A Gledhill from 1965 to 1981. He now teaches Mrs M Trudgett Geography and Mathematics at Vainona High School in Harare, Zimbabwe. He 5. Election of the President of Convocation. In terms of the constitution, the played cricket for the Rhodes 1st XV in President is elected for a period of two years. 1940,1941,1942 and 1946 and still coaches rugby and cricket. 6. Any other business. Adrian Alexander (1974)is now a maltster for SA Breweries and lives at Vermont, Hermanus. 7. Guest Speaker to be announced. Mark John Allan (1977)is currently group manpower resources manager for Anglo K SHUNT American Farms Limited and is based in SECRETARY 17 MAY, 1988 Johannesburg. He is a part-time lecturer at ______4 Wits Business School. Jonas Christian (Chris) Andersen (1954) Old Rhodians and Dean of the Faculty of Science at the was re-appointed to the Zimbabwe Cabinet University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg. as an Independent MP as Minister of State in high places Prof Patrick Palmer is a lecturer in the responsible for the Public Service. He is Department of Business Economics at president of the Zimbabwe Squash Rac­ UNISA. quets Association. The talent and expertise of Old Rhodians is liberally sprinkled throughout the Univer­ Adrian Anderson (1949)has been farming sities in this country. since the mid 1950’s, but has recently sold Right here at home, the Vice-Chancellor, A clean sweep his farm and will be moving to Pieter­ Dr Derek Henderson, the Vice-Principal, maritzburg later this year. Both his daught­ Dr Roux van der Merwe and the Registrar, ers studied at Rhodes.Elizabeth (1980)is a Dr Keith Hunt are all ORs. For the second time in four years, the pharmacist at a hospital near East London Other ORs in high places at the various Department of Economics and Economicand Philippa (1982) is articled to a legal centres include Prof Dave Wood and ProfHistory has made a clean sweep of the firm in Piertmaritzburg. His mother,Pat­ Jim Liatt, Vice-Principals at the University prizes awarded to graduate students by the ricia Vigne (1917)is alive and well, and very of Cape Town; Prof Chris Cresswell, the Economic Society of South Africa in 1987.much “on the ball”. new Vice-Principal at the University of Ms Niki Cattaneo won the Senbank Natal, Durban; Mr Ken Standenmacher, Prize for the best Honours essay and Mr P J Phoebe Jane Anderson (1978)works for the Registrar at Wits and Prof Theo van McCartan won the Founders Medal and Toron Film Studios in Johannesburg and Wijk, the Vice-Chancellor of UNISA. Prize for the best Master or Doctoral thesis was the art department co-ordinator for the Prof Geoffrey Hutchings is the new head in the country. His MA thesis was entitled feature film "Steel Dawn" starring Patick of the English Department at the Univer­ “Competition and Segmentation : An Swayze. She has just completed a docu­ sity of Zululand. Analysis of Wage Determination and mentary on the popular group“Ladysmith Prof Douglas Rawlings has recently Labour Adjustments in Manufacturing Black Mambazo” on location in Natal. This been appointed Professor of MicrobiologyIndustry”. video is scheduled for international release at the University of Cape Town. He is a Ms Cattaneo is at present a researcher at later this year. member of the South African Association the Institute for Social and Economic Malcolm Anderson (1957)has retired to the of Food Science Technology and the SouthResearch (ISER), but will soon leave for the Cape after working as a geologist for the African Society for Microbiology, and hasUnited Kingdom to further her studies in Anglo America corporation for 20 years. published widely. Economics. Mr McCartan works as an Prof Michael Perrin is now Head of the economics editor at the Cambridge Barbara Archer (McCune 1960)is married Department of Zoology and EntomologyUniversity Press in England. to a consultant anaethetist and has two

3 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 teenage children. She visited the United Jocelyn Bell (Wigmore 1951)sent us several disciplinary research unit in the Eastern States in 1985 and stayed with Carol Shell names and addresses of lost Old Rhodians, Cape. (Selbin 1969) who is married to an and wrote that OR’s were very well rep­ American and has one son. resented at recent convention on “Women, John Botha (1982)left for England on Leadership and Development”. One of the Christmas Day, 1987 where he will com­ David Ball (1969)has been teaching at speakers at the convention was Mrs plete his Master’s thesis, “Art in the Tygerberg High School since 1980. Thelma Henderson, wife of the Vice- Theatre” in 1988. Chancellor, Dr Derek Henderson. Debra Bailey (1984) is teaching at Park Lesley Brewis (1983) lives in Parktown, Ridge High School and is studying for a Mary Bell (McDonald 1929)and her hus­ Johannesburg and works for a post­ BSc Honours degree in Computer Scienceband have been living in Springs since his production company, Toron Television. through UN1SA. retirement from the Department of Mines in 1971. Trish Brits (Wood 1976)has travelled James Back (1947)is a senior partnerin a widely overseas, visiting Europe, America, firm of attorneys in Harare, Zimbabwe. Linda Bertram (Romine 1970)lives in South America and Canada. She is California where she is in practice as an married and has a baby son. M Barrie Barnes (1968)works for the Natal optometrist. She received her doctorate at Richard Brooks (1978)is practising as an Parks Board at the Coleford Nature Berkley in May last year. Reserve. Advocate of the Supreme court of South Catherine Bischoff (1978)will spend 1988 Africa in Grahamstown. He married Anthony Barbour (1980)enrolled for a MSc travelling in England and Europe. Margot (Humphries 1980)in 1985 and they course in Environmental Science at the have one son. University of Cape Town at the beginning Guy Blackbeard (1977)is married with two of 1988. children and lives at Vereeniging where he Paula Brown (Devine 1982)is working in is the chief training officer with the A A C Pietermaritzburg as a pharmacist. Martin Barker (1968) is the deputy prin­Central Training Unit. He is anxious to cipal of Oudtshoorn High School and contact is friends made at Rhodes. His tele­ Mary Brown (Delaney 1974)and her hus­ married with two sons. phone number is 016-45738. band Peter have three daughters and have been farming in the Cathcart district for Derek Barker (1973)has returned to his Victor Borchers (1961)owns a vehicle two years, after Peter’s 12 years as a teacher home town. East London, where he is a franchise in Tzaneen, is a member of the at Kingswood College. partner in a law firm. town council and a former mayor, and is Susan Brust (1979)has a permanent post at Ursula Barnett (Gross 1944)is managing currently chairman of the Gazankulu Development Corporation. the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital editor of the International Press Agency in Philadelphia where she specializes in (INPRA) and serves on the SA Council for Frederic Bosch (1966)is the superintendent ultra-sound sonography. She wrote Inter­ English Education. She is also business minister of the Methodist Church in Dis­ national Board Examinations in October manager of the annual of school writing, covery. Johannesburg and is very involvedlast year and passed with distinctions in English Alive. in church growth. every subject. LN Basson (Miles 1920)lives in Alexandria Patricia Buchan (Bischof 1971)now lives at with her daughter. She sent us news ofMrs Andre Boshoff (1964)is a research biologist Umtata where she is kept busy looking after M Shannon (Pollock 1921)who has moved with the Cape Department of Nature and her two daughters. from Queenstown, where she lived for 40Environmental Conservation. His current years, to Bryanston; andMiss Margaret research interest is birds of prey and he D M Budd (Winterton 1960)is the subject Brock(1920)who is recovering slowly aftermoved to Grahamstown in January with co-ordinator for the Geography Depart­ being knocked down by a car. his wife and two children as part of a multi­ ment at Pinetown Girls’ High School,

Were you a resident of Jan Smuts Hall in 1959? It is hoped to gather together as many people in the photograph as possiblefor the bumper reunion next year. For more details, contact Mrs Jenny Purdon, Public Relations Department. Rhodes University.

RHODES NEWSLE TTER JUNE 1988 4 where she has been teaching for the past 10 David (1977) and Dianne (Lister 1982) anti-cancer and anti-AIDS activity, and years. Her eldest daughter, Fiona, has been Charles live in Vereeniging where David is active extracts are processed to yield new accepted by the Royal Ballet School ina dealer principal of a Volkswagen frachise drugs to fight these diseases. London and hopes to study there after shegarage and Dianne does locums on a part- matriculates at the end of this year. time basis. They have two sons. Heather Creswell (Downing 1962)is the administrator of Zimbabwe’s two author­ Axel Buhrmann (1982)has recently formed Peter (1978) and Cherine (Thompson 1980) ized representative bodies of commercial his own company, Buhrmann Communi­Clarke will be emigrating to Australia later hunting safaries — the Safari Operators' cations, which is a computer-specialized this year. Association and the Zimbabwe Pro­ public relations operation. fessional Hunters’ and Guides’ Associa­ Olive Clur (van Niekerk 1943)can't believe tion. Trevor Bush (1946)has spent most of the that so many years have passed since her past fifteen years teaching English in Saudi days at Rhodes. Her granddaughter started Hans Christen (1984) is now teaching at Arabia, first at a large boys’ secondary at Rhodes this year and is staying in Broadhurst Primary School in Gaberone, school and latterly to the staff of a large Jameson House — Olive’s old Res. Botswana. He taught at Ruzawi School in company. After a nine-month break in Lis­ Zimbabwe for four years previously. He bon, he returned to Jeddah in February this Marjorie Coates (1947)retired from her has held two wildlife photographic exhibi­ year to assist one of his old pupils, teachingposition as social worker in charge of thetions in Harare, and one in Bulgaria, at the English at a computer college. Pietermaritzburg and District Council for invitation of that country’s government. the Aged at the end of December, 1987. Phoebe Carnegie (Omer-Cooper 1954) Elaine Danckwerts (1937)has retired to teaches Physical Science at Maris Stella Jean Cooper (Hanley 1974)is married with Adelaide in the Cape after teaching in School in Durban. Her husband,Alastair one son and works for British Airways Johannesburg for 30 years. (1952)is head of the Entomology Depart­in London. ment of the SA Sugar Association Experi­ Maureen Davidson (Thompson 1970)has Malcolm Coppin (1973)completed a B Ed two children and lives in Harare, Zim­ mental Station at Mount Edgecombe. degree at the University of Cape Town in Phoebe helped us to locate several other babwe, where her husband is general 1986 and is presently head of department atmanager of a large factory. "lost" ORs. Bergvliet High School in Cape Town. Martin (Tidge) Cartwright (1968) and his Keith Dawe (1964)is the acting headmaster Jennifer Cowan (Todd 1974)lives in Pre­ wife, Susie (Ross 1971)left Zimbabwe in of Fish Hoek Junior High School for 1988 toria where her husband. Geoff is the assis­ 1980 to grow tobacco in the Transvaal. while the headmaster, Tony Crossman They are now both heads of department at tant director of nature conservation in the(1966), is doing a BEd at the University of Department of Environment Affairs. Lowveld High School in Nelspruit — Susie Cape Town. Keith will be visiting the United States in September to attend the heads the Mathematics Department and Andrew Cowell (1979)has been with the 25th reunion of the class in which he was Tidge is head of Vocational Guidance. Department of Social Welfare in Zim­ an AFS Exchange Student. They are both still active in sport. babwe since 1984 and says he could write a Jonathan Catto (1977)lives in Durban book about his experiences! John De Gruchy (1958)and his wife, Isobel, where he is personnel manager for a large (Dunstan 1958) live in the Cape. John is company. He has represented Natal in the Gordon Cragg (1953)lives in the United Professor of Christian Studies at the Natal Robins golf team. States where he is member of the Nature University of Cape Town and has had four Products branch of the United States books on Theology and the Church in Margie Champion (Britz 1967)now lives in National Cancer Institute. He supervises a South Africa published. London where she is married to an interior $3 million plant collection programme decorator and has a four-year-oldfrom tropical rain forest areas worldwide.Francina De Klerk (Lombard 1940)and her daughter. Extracts of the plants are being tested for husband have retired to Kleinmond after

5 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 The response to our request for names and addresses of Old Rhodians with whom we had lost contact has been over­ whelming! Some 1 600 “lost” ORs were “found” — many by people who noticed the names of old friends in the booklet, and wrote in to tell us where they were. We’ve had news from all over the world. So much news, in fact, that we’ve been hard- pressed to include it all in this issue of the newsletter. As you will appreciate, the addresses contained in each and every postcard and letter received has had to be checked against our computerized lists, so if your snippet of new is not in this issue, please don’t despair — it will be included in the December issue. In some inst­ ances, postmarks have oblitera­ ted vital information on post­ cards — another reason why Mrs Jenny Purdon was swamped by letters and postcardsfrom Old Rhodians who responded to our appealfor your news may not be recorded current addresses in the“Some of you are lost” booklet. in this issue. Please note that, where poss­ ible, we have recorded the date Reference Library at the Johannesburg in Cape Town, with another OR,Mike of your first year at Rhodes, and Public Library. Wallas (1979)who is a highly successful not your final year. computer sales consultant. Helen keeps in This is in response to several Andrew Dorrington (1981)and his wife, touch withSpud Williams (1967)who has requests from a number of Old Linda, (Warren 1983)have left South Africa been living in Western Australia since Rhodians. At the moment we to spend a year travelling in Europe. 1971. She will be visitingKathy Friend (Pen­ nington 1971)in London next year. are in the middle of this com­ Renee Duncan (Vosloo 1982)married her puterized change-over so there pine farmer husband, Allen, in December may be a few anomalies in this James Elias (1957)is married with three 1985 and their first child was born in children and has been the Minister of the issue. We hope to have the dates August last year. consistent in the December North Durban Presbyterian Church since November 1985. issue. Suellen Du Plessis (Webster 1975)is now a Thank you all for taking the farmers wife in Zimbabwe and has two Mick Ellingham (1982) is studying for his time to let us know your where­ sons. LLB at the University of Natal, Pieter­ abouts and news. This helps us maritzburg. tremendously and keeps us in Elizabeth Du Preez (Botha 1962)now lives touch with a very important part in Pietermaritzburg where she teaches Mervyn (1981)and Kemble Elliot (Phillips of the University — the Old English at the Sukuma High School there. 1981) were married on September 5. 1987. Rhodians. Kemble is teaching at Sandringham High Íe Clanche du Rand lives in New York City School, Johannesburg and Mervyn is com­ with her husband, Eric Booth, where she pleting his national service in Pretoria. divides her time between her twin pro­ wine farming in Namaqualand. fessions — the theatre and drama therapy. Gerald England (1980) and his wife. Lynne Pamela De Villiers (Collins 1963)has had a Trevor Eales (1967)is now employed at (Abbot 1982)live in Pinelands where he is varied career as a company secretary/AEC1, Johannesburg, as an organization the Minister in Charge of the Pinelands director and is now the proud mum of a sondevelopment consultant. He is married, and Observatory Congretional Churches born in March 1987. with a son and a daughter. in Cape Town. Lynne has been teaching in Agnes Dick (1932)who retired from the Cape Town and has started work on an Pamela Edgar (Brunette 1960)is married, Honours degree. Department of Librarianship at Rhodes in with three sons, and lives in Cape Town. 1980 moved to Durban in 1985 where she isHer first adult novel about the 1820 Settlers Anton Enus (1980)is now living in Cape closer to other members of her family. Dwyer's Cross was published by Mac­ Donald’s, London, last month and she is Town where he is a member of the SABC Sarah-Jane Dixon (Green 1983) was parliamentary news team. married in December last year and now busy writing a second novel. lives on a farm in Coombs. Susan Edgar (1980)lives in Durban where Douglas Evans (1981)was transferred to Robert Donaldson (1962),who was the she is a graphic designer with a large adver­ Luxembourg for a year in January to gain Minister of the Trinity Church in tising company. international tax planning experience. Grahamstown until 1986 is now a Minister Sarah Edgecombe (Throughton 1970)works Sir Athol Evans (1924)retired as Secretary of the Church of Scotland, with a charge onas a cataloguer at the Port Elizabeth the Hebridean island of Islay. in the Ministry of Home Affairs in the Municipal Library and is married to a Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Joel Dorfan (1978)and his wife, Karen photo-lithographer. 1963. Since his retirement he has remained (Kraitzick 1978)live in Yeoville, Johannes­ in Zimbabwe and is a member of several burg where Joel is a consultant with SPL Helen Elias (Sutherland 1972)is divorced social and charitable bodies. He is a past and Karen is second-in-charge of the and works as an administration manager District Governor of Rotary.

RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 6 Gwynn Evans (1976)lives in Nottingham, Graham Fyfe (1946)left Zimbabwe in 1981 Laurie Gersowsky (1977)teaches at King England, where she plans to teach. and is now semi-retired and living at St David High School, East London, but is at Francis Bay. present on a long holiday — seeing the Russel Everett (1960)apd his family world! emigrated from Zimbabwe in 1982 and Cheryl Gabler (Smart 1974)spent two years now live in England where he teaches working in Greece and Germany after Marilyn Gibbs (Stirk 1976)works as a Physics at the Royal Grammar School nearcompleting her studies at the University ofresearcher for the CSIR in Port Elizabeth. London. Natal, Durban. She is now personnel She completed her HDE through UNISA and her MSc at UPE. Gus (R R) Ferguson (1960)owns the manager for the Western Cape region of a publican and brewery at Gold Reef City, large supplier of buiding and constructionOlive Gifford (1927)now lives in a flat in materials. outside Johannesburg. Mutare, Zimbabwe after living with her husband and family on a farm for 48 years. Iain Ferrier (1977)has been working in Kevin Galloway (1971)now lives in New She writes that she has fond memories of Lusaka, Zambia, for the past six years as an South Wales, Australia where he has his her days at Rhodes. accountant with a German-based tobacco own pharmacy, is married to a “Kiwi" and company. has a son and a daughter. Ian Glover (1962)is the headmster of Harare High School, where he has 1 600 Zoliswa Fikelepi (1981)is a lecturer in the Anthony Gamley (1960)was ordained as a pupils under his control. His wife, Denise, Music Department at the University of Presbyterian Minister in 1965 and since is the manager of Standard Chartered Transkei and is currently studying for a M then has lived and ministered in Idaho in Trust Company in Zimbabwe — one of Mus degree through UNISA. the United States, studied at the San Fran­ only seven women in the country to hold cisco Thological Seminary, returned tosuch a position. David Fordson (1977)is part of the Subject South Africa for a two-year period to write Advisory Team for English in the Depart­his doctoral dissertation and then went Cecilia Godden (Ingham 1947)has three ment of National Education in Namibia. back to serve on Bainbridge Island, married daughters and four grandchildren. He is married with one daughter. Washington State. He returned to South She has been a personal financial planner Africa in 1981 and lectured at the Univer­ and insurance broker for the past six years. Susan Francis (1977)was admitted as an sity of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, for about attorney during 1984 and now works in the three years.He is presently Senior Subject Roy Gordon (1960)is chairman of the legal department of the Port Elizabeth Advisor: Biblical Studies, Bible Education Bloemfontein branch of the Old Rhodian City Council. and Hebrew with the Natal Education Union and has been the headmaster at St Department. Andrew’s School in Bloemfontein since Sally Franke-Matthecka (Poison 1971)is 1985. married with two sons and combines her Michael Gardiner (1967)is currently a role as housewife and mother with a part- technical representative for a large pesti­ Nevil “Dingie” Gordon (1967)and his wife, time post as a PRO for an international cide company in Gweru. Zimbabwe. Sue, (Laburn 1967)live in Sandhurst and airline. have a wide circle of OR friends. “Dingie” is a partner in a shipping, transport and Margaret Fraser (de Swardt 1979) is Hazel Gear (Seymour 1968)is the chief computer broking company and Sue married, has two huge dogs, no children ... pharmacist at Morningside Clinic and teaches and does freelance seminar yet, and teaches English at Hudson Park lives with her husband and two children administration. High School. in Randburg. Christopher Goetsch( 1981) is now studying for his PhD in Mime at the University of Michigan, and teaches in the Department of Drama there. Ruth Gouws (Radford 1980)and her hus­ band, Piet, live on a smallholding near Bloemfontein. Ruth works at the Computer Centre at the University of the Orange Free State and is studying part-time for a National Diploma in computer data processing. John Goulding(1960)has almost recovered from a near fatal motor accident in 1985. Kevin Graham (1982)has been managing a bar-restaurant complex and video games business in Zimbabwe for the past three years and has played rugby for Zimbabwe. He writes that he “remains unmarried”. Pete Grassow (1980)was ordained as a Methodist Minister in 1984 and hopes to complete his MA by the end of this year. He is Pastor to the Rosthof and Macassar Methodist Churches. Peter Green (1948) and his wife. Pennith (Kernick 1948) have lived and farmed in Zambia for 36 years. Their married son helps with the management of their large farming enterprise. This photograph of the Pharmaceutical Students’ Association Committee of 1964 was sent in by Mrs P M Plummer, whose daughter, now Patricia Wainwright, graduated in 1964 and now lectures Philip at Waterloo Green (1973)is presently Rector of St University. Ontario, Canada. Mary's Anglican Church, Richmond. He is

7 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 married to Gill (Moore 1977)and the he continues his work in the computer field Beryl Kotze (Marsh 1979)does locum work couple has two children. for IBM. at pharmacies in Pietermaritzburg in- between caring for her growing family. Magdalene Greese (Reid 1956)has “reti red” Lorraine Hopkins (Fouche 1970)is now liv­ from teaching after 20 years and is going ing in Kimberley after spending several Selwyn Kowal (1977)is living in Johannes­ into business with her husband. years in Johannesburg. burg where he is a professional assistant in a law firm. Lindy Griffiths (Laver 1975)is married to a John Horrocks (1978)is now in his fifth farmer in Zimbabwe and teaches at year of a B Dental Surgery degree at Wits Brigid Knight (O’Dwyer 1979)teaches at Rydings School in Karoi. University. Hudson Park High School, East London, where she is head of the Science Depart­ David Gwilliam (1982)has been appointed Frank Horscroft (1946)retired from the ment. Her husband, Andrew (1979)is head Priest-in-Charge of the Parish of Christ Anglo American Corporation in March of the Physical Education Department of Church in Beaufort West. and plans to live in Twickenham. England. the same school. Margaret Hanly (1977)lives in the United Rose-Mary Hyslop (Sellick 1975)teaches Jim Latham (1952)left Zimbabwe in 1980 Kingdom where she is an accountant with History at Rustenburg Girls’ High, Ronde- and now lives in Umtata, Transkei, where Chase Manhattan Stockbroking in bosch. he is the manger for the Transkei/Eastern London. Border region of the Unemployment Maurice Isenberg (1965) lives in East Bureau of Africa: Chamber of Mines of Cathy Hardman (Rijs 1977)has been work­ London where he is financial and market­ SA. ing in Johannesburg for eight years and is a ing director of a firm of distributors. systems analyst at Barlow Rand Computer James Lawrence (1984) is presently work­ Services — “a far cry from Social Science”, Alan Isted (1968)left South Africa in 1977 ing in Johannesburg, after hiking his way she writes. and has settled in the United Kingdom through Africa for eight months. He plans where he is the head of the Drama Depart­ to head north on a big, red motorbike soon. Barbara Hardy (Wilby 1973)is married with ment at a secondary school near Guildford,Sounds like fun! three children and lives in Welkom in the in Surrery. Orange Free State. Lionel Lawson (1968)lives in Durban Shirley Jack (Beckman 1981)now lives at where he is the technical editor of publica­ David Hardy (1976)and his wife Cindy Ixopo in Natal where she teaches English tions for an electronics firm. He is the Natal (Breetzke 1978) live in Bethlehem, South and Physical Education at Little Flower representative for the Institute ofTechnical Africa, where David works for a companySecondary School. Communicators. involved in the manufacture of drips and injectibles. Ian Jacobs (1982) is studying through John Lefevre (1933)lives in Bulawayo, UNISA to complete his B Soc Sci. Zimbabwe where he teaches Mathematics Rich Harvey (1971)and his wife Jillian at the Dominican Convent High School. (Rawlor 1971)now have three daughters Kathy Jagoe (1977)has started a Disability Unit at the University of Cape Town. He retired from the Hillside Teachers’ and have been farming in Bindura, Zim­ Training College in 1980. babwe for the past 14 years. James Johnston (1979)is the assistant legal Ted Leney (1943)was a geological pros­ Anthony Hawgood (1984)lives in London advisor to an investment company in Johannesburg. pecting officer in Zimbabwe from 1948 where he is studying at the Royal College of until 1982. He now lives in Pietersburg Music. He works part-time at a large where he works for Geological Survey. departmental store in order to pay the rent!Susan Johnston (Haywood 1980)is the editor of a Johannesburg-based financial publication. Charles Levin (1969)completed an MBAat Margot Hayward (Stephenson 1978) the University of Cape Town in 1980 and married a farmer in the Aberdeen district Phillipa Johnson (Morton 1966)is working now works as a management consultant and the couple has recently started an and director of companies. Angora rabbit-farming enterprise. as a medical illustrator in the Department of Surgery at the University of Cape Town’s Sharon Lewy (Waterman 1969) is now Gordon Heather (1946)and his wife, lllona medical school. She is married to an Irish­ man and has two sons. married and living in Melbourne, Austra­ (Sheard 1946)emigrated from Zimbabwe lia where she is serving her internship in in 1983. Gordon is now the chief town plan­ Helen Lee (Kay 1961)is a lecturer in School retail pharmacy. ner for the Kwa Zulu government and Librarianship at Edgewood College of Illona is the accountant at an Anglican Education in Pinetown. Her three children Ashley Lillie (1977)recently joined the staff missions hospital. are all musical and she keeps in touch with of the National Monuments Council as their regional representative for the Stephen Henderson (1978)and his wife. many ex Rhodes Choir members in the Durban area. northern Cape. He is based at the Cathy (Mathews 1978)live in the Cape McGregor Museum in Kimberley. where Stephen is the Minister of Bergvliet Congregational Church. John Kayser (1977)and his wife. Angela Michael Lloyd (1935)has just retired for a (Davidson 1977)now live in Ascot. Berk­ second time. He retired as editor of the Dia­ Paul Henry (1973)is married with one shire and have two sons, the youngest ofmond Fields Advertiser in 1977. In the daughter and is a fifth-year medical stu­ whom was born 16 weeks prematurely andDecember of that year he was ordained into dent at Wits. He plays league squash foris the youngest survivor in Berkshire. the Anglican Church. In 1980 he was the university. appointed Rector of St Alban’s Church. Glynis Kiang (1978)was transferred to Aus­ Richard Holland (1983)teaches French at Kimberley, but has now retired. He has tralia in March lastyearby the Ford Motor been Anglican Chaplain to the Kimberley St John’s College, Borrowdale, Harare and Company and she now lives in Melbourne. send his best wishes to members of the Hospital for nine years and also Chaplain Rhodes Chamber Choir from 1984 to 1986. to the Northern Cape Dugout of the Johanna Klcinjan (1980) is the hospital MOTHS. Peter Honey (1972)is now the Southern pharmacist at Victoria Hospital, Wynberg, in the Cape. David Logan (1968)now lives with his wife Africa Bureau Chief of theBaltimore Sun — and two children in Sandton, after a long an influential American newspaper. He is spell in Durban with SA Breweries. based in Johannesburg. Deon Kopke (1978)is now a lawyer in Johannesburg after travelling overseas in Karen Lombaard (1981)is now the senior Nelson Hophing (1979)emigrated to 1986 and 1987 and hitch-hiking across PRO of Santambank in Johannesburg and Toronto, Canada in March last year, where Europe, Canada, America and Mexico. lives in Parkhurst.

RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 8 Trevor Long (1954)led a Rotary Group Bernard Melunsky (1956)is now Features Relations Company in March, 1987 after Study Exchange Team for District 932 in Editor for Reuters News Agency in Lon­much success in the PR field in America. Sothern Africa to District 771 in North Car­ don, and is still active on the cricket He is married with three children and will olina in the United States in October last field. be holidaying in South Africa in June. year. Adrian Meyer (1980)is currently under­ George Nesbit (1981)established the first Jennylind Louis (1978)is a commercial going his national service and has registe­ Department of Stained Glass at a Tertiary lawyer in Johannesburg. red for a part-time MBA at Wits. institution (Port Elizabeth Technikon) in 1985. Norman Lucas (1940)has finally retired Colin Miller (1974)now lives in Texas and after teaching at Durban High School for has gone into business with a “native” Tom Newell (1949)joined the staff of Natal 41 years. He supplied us with the addresses Texan. He married an American girl in Training college in 1978 after a career spent for several of his friends on the “lost” list.August 1986 and they have a baby son. Heteaching and headmastering his way would love to make contact with other ORsaround Rhodesia and Malawi. He is now Martin Lund (1965)has been Senior Minis­ in Texas — “visitors are welcome anylooking forward to his retirement. ter at the Somerset West Presbyterian time”, he writes. church since January last year. Robert Newsome (1975)took up a new Ann Mills (Cackett 1977)now lives in appointment with a firm of accountants in Paul Maarschalk (1973)made a career Botswana with her husband and young Grahamstown in March this year. switch and qualified as a Chartered daughter. After eight years’ work in Harare, Accountant in 1986. He is now groupshe intends to relax and enjoy motherhood.Beverley Nicholson (1970)and his wife, accountant with a major tobacco company Pippa (Evans 1973)live in Natal where Bev in Harare. Sureen Mitchell (Scriven 1967)lives in the is a lawyer and Pippa is kept busy looking Cape where her role of housewife andafter three daughters. Jane Mackenzie (1980)works as a product mother of two leaves her precious little time manager at Pfizer Laboratories in for much else. Debra Noblet (1983) works in Brisbane, Sandton. Australia and is hoping to travel the Peter Mokwen (1979)and his wife, Jacqui world soon. Robin Mackintosh (1966)now lives in the (Turner 1979)live in Port Elizabeth where United Kingdom where he is an Anglican Jacqui teaches English at Victoria Park Grant (1968) and Rosemary Nupen (Selfe priest and curate of St John’s Church, High School and Peter is a pharmacist. 1968)now have four children, so Rosemary Cannock. He is married, with two sons. no longer has time to teach Mathematics. Bridget Morgan (Brown 1980)was married She works as a support parent for the Alex Macras (1983) lives in Cape Town and in December last year and works as a Down’s Syndrome Association. Grant is works as an immunologist at the Universityprivate secretary in Harare. the co-director of the Leadership Educa­ of Cape Town Medical School. tion and Advancement Foundation which Robert Morrell (1976)and his wife. Alison aims to establish a system of pre­ Neil Malherbe (1984) is teaching English (Gillwald 1979)live at Sea View. Alison lec­ university colleges in South Africa. The and Physical Eductioan at Selborne tures in Journalism and Public Rel ations at first college was established in 1986 and College, East London. the Natal Technikon in Durban and Grant is the pricipal of the second college, Robert lectures in the History Department St Luke's Senior College, in Kyalami. Norman Manchevsky (1961)works for the at the University of Durban Westville. Canadian government as "Queen's Printer Terry Ochse (1980) and his wife, Jean for Canada” and lives in Ottawa. Marion Morrison (van Pletzen 1981)(Etherington 1982)live in Johannesburg teaches Accounting at Welkom High where Terry is a technical analyst and Jean Elana Markowitz (Kotlowitz 1973)is School. is an accountant. married with one child and lives in Melbourne, Australia, where she works as Carol Mosterd (Barnes 1976)was married Roger Omond (1963)is the chief sub-editor PRO for the law faculty at a local in 1983 and now lives in Swaziland. in the foreign department of the Guardian university. newspaper in London and writes and Mark Munro (1980)moved from Johannes­ broadcasts on event in South Africa. He is Maureen Martin (Pass 1959) has lived in burg to Scotland in June last year. He is the Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, since leaving the author of"Apartheid Handbook" and financial controller for an international “Sanctions Handbook". Rhodes and has two children and a grand­ computer company in Edinburgh and his child. She and her husband own a very wife Lynn (Thompson 1980)works for a Jay Padayachi (1980)has been a phar­ busy auctioneering business. team of architects. macist at Northdale Hospital in Natal for Kevin Martindale (1974)teaches at Settlers' four years. He was awarded a scholarship High School in Cape Town. He is married Anton Murray (1945)has retired to Cape by the CSIR to further his studies last year with one son. Town after 20 years as headmaster of St and by now should have obtained his MSc. Alban’s College in Pretoria. Renee Martus (Pretorius 1984)is married Beatrice Palmer (Steyn 1947)lives in and lives in Johannesburg. Laurie Mutch (1968)and his wife, Barbara Grahamstown where she is the senior (Jackson 1974)moved from Johannesburg music teacher at Victoria Girls’ High David Mather (1970)returned to the United to Cape Town in November, 1987. Laurie School.is Kingdom in 1979 and is in pastoral charge the general manager of information and of the Chatham congregation of the United computer services for Shell South Africa.Christopher Parrish (1975)became Rector Reformed Church. He also studies part- Barbara has her own computer con­of St Clement’s Church in January last time at the University of Kent. sultancy business. year. He is a part-time lecturer in Sys­ Tiana Matus (De Villiers 1975) lives in Owen Nel (1968) and his wife, Michele tematic Theology at Rhodes. Bryanston where she teaches horse riding. (Mascre 1968)live in East London. Owen is Ronald Philip (1939)was Director of the She still gets together regularly with her deputy headmaster at Port Rex Technical School of Art and Design at the Witwaters- OR friends. High School and Michele runs the rand Technikon until 1982. He is now Theodore Blumberg Clinic for pre-schoolretired and an artist and portrait painter in Rupert Mayr (1955)is still very involved in hearing-impaired children at the Frere Tokei, Cape. the world of music now that he and his wife. Hospital. The couple has two children. Erna, have settled in Port Elizabeth. He would like to hear from former students, Val Pienaar (1976) is a free-lance journalist especially former Chamber Choir Donovan Neale-May (1970)lives in Califor­ in Johannesburg and has established her members. nia where he started his own Public own small publishing company.

9 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 Felicity Pitt (Reed) now lives in East John Rayner (1976)is a partner in a firm of Advanced Computing Technology Centre London where she teaches at Hudson Park stockbrokers in Johannesburg. He married at the University of Calgary. High School. a Johannesburg girl in 1986. Alfred Schaffer (1930) has retired to Louis Piovesan (1965)is Head of Depart­ John Reid recently completed his BCom Newlands in the Cape after a distinguished ment at Escourt High School, where he degree through UNISA. He works for a career in Native Administration. teaches Biology. mining company in Swakopmund. Gavin Scholefield (1971)emigrated from- Peter Powell (1961)is an executive consul­Islay Retief (Hall 1956)is now a farmer’s Zimbabwe in 1979 and spent five years in tant with a firm of Insurance Brokers in wife living on a large game farm in the Rus- Port Elizabeth before moving to Natal in Kokstad. tenberg district. She still paints, but only 1984. He and his family have settled in commissions for portraits as her time is cutPietermaritzburg. Peter Price (1974)completed his MBA at out helping out on the farm. the University of Cape Town last year. He Melanie Scholtz (1980)teaches Accounting and his family live in the Cape where he Ivan Reynolds (1971)and his wife, Gaynor and Business Economics at Athlone Girls’ heads up the Cape division of M*Net(McAlindon 1971)are now living in Lin­ High School in Johannesburg. Televison. colnshire, England, and are anxious to make contact with OR’s in the United Bruce Schroder (1970)is married with two Terry Price (1978)is an advocate in the Kingdom. children and is mining chemicals sales Attorney General’s office in Grahams- manager with a large Transvaal company. town. He was formerly the senior publicFrank Richardson (1961)and his wife, Jean prosecutor in Middleburg, Transvaal and (Kitto 1961)live in Natal where Frank David Scott (1969)is now a chartered played rugby for South Eastern Transvaalworks for a company involved in theaccountant and studied for his MBA part- in 1987. manufacture of agricultural chemicals and time through Wits Business School. Jean runs the Durban branch of House Sit­ Edwin Prince (1982) is now teaching at ters Service, together with another OR, Ronald Shuttleworth (1933)retired to Cape Mary Waters School in Grahamstown. Coral Airey (Sansbury 1964). Town after 16 years' service with the CSIR in America as the South African Scientific Annie Pringle (Hope 1936)has retired from Chris Riddin (1963)has been at the Port Counsellor. His researches have recently teaching to live at Molteno. Elizabeth Tecknikon since 1981 where he been published in the quarterly journal of lectures in the Applied Science Depart­ the Cape Library. Dianna Randell (Deutschmann 1975) ment. teaches History and English on a part-time George Simms (1937)settled at Dunant basis at St Benedict’s, Bedfordview. She is John Robertson (1974)teaches at Tam- Park Retirement Village in Port Elizabeth married with two young children. boerskloof Primary School in Cape Town.after his retirement as deputy headmaster of Alexander Road High School in 1975. Deloise Raubenheimer (Vosloo 1967)lives Michael Robertson (1959)is Senior Phar­ in Pretoria with her husband and two macist for Transmed in Uitenhage. He is Phillida Simons (Brooke 1941)has just had children. At present she is co-owner of a married with three daughters and one son. her bookA Concise Guide to Cape Dutch consultancy which liaises with industry in His son hopes to study at Rhodes on com­Houses, published by C Struik in Cape all matters related to medicine control, pletion of his military service. Town. foodstuffs, cosmetics and disinfectants. Christopher Sinclair (1983)is spending a Mark Ravensdale (1982)is now into his Julian (Jock) Robey (1969)is employed by year in America on an AISEC traineeship. fourth year of his BSc Veterinary degree at the De Beers Geology Department in Kim­ He has a temporary job with IBM com­ the University of Zimbabwe. berley. He is head of the Kimberlite puters there and will return to Zimbabwe in Petrological Unit. 1989. Douglas Rawlings (1969)is married toJanet (Asbury 1970)and they have three children. Anthony Robinson (1935)was the director Andrew Skeen (1960)is currently Associate Douglas has been at the University of Capeof the SA Library in Cape Town from 1961Professor of Law at Wits. Town for six years and is at present to 1981. He has been a part-time lecturer in Associate Professor in the Microbiologythe School or Librarianship at the Univer­ Kenneth Smith (1969)has been teaching at Department. sity of Cape Town since 1962 and is an hon­UNISA since 1971 and is now Professor orary member of the SA Institute for of History. Librarianship and Information Studies. Gary Solomon (1980)and his wife, Ber­ Gerald Rosin (1923)recently retired as nadette (Stobbs 1980)have one daughter general secretary of the Central African and live in Cape Town. Jewish Board of Deputies after 39 years of continuous association with the organiza­ tion. Peter Southey (1968)and his wife, Ger­ aldine (Moser 1967)live near Johannes­ Michael Rossouw (1983)is a lecturer at the burg where Peter is a bank manger and Perseverance Teachers' Training College Geraldine gives private music lessons and in Kimberley. is a relief teacher at the local school. Brian Rousseau (1977)and his wife, Verena (Voigt 1974)have one son and live in Natal Marion Spence (Wyatt 1979)spent four where Brian is a factory manager. years as a pharmacist at Frere Hospital, East London and received a merit award John Russell (1979)and his wife. Sue (Lane for hospital pharmacy in 1985. She is now 1982) live in the Transvaal where he is married and has a daughter. employed as an exploration geologist. The couple has a baby daughter. Mary Spencer-Higgs (Dargie 1969) Philip Russell (1946)live in Durban where remarried in July last year after the death of he retired as Archbishop in 1986. her first husband in 1984. She married a farmer and is now “executive household Anthony St Quintin (1976)emigrated to manager” of a family of six, and thoughly Peter Price Canada last year where he now works at the enjoying it!

RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 10 Friederike Spyra( 1982)is a fashion selector Frances Torlage (Moore 1978)is married Mervyn Wetmore (1968)is Careers Adviser for a large clothing chain store and enjoys and works as a personnel manager for a at the U niversity of Cape T own. He recently her work and life in Cape Town. commercial bank in Johannesburg. attended a course at Wadham College, Oxford and the British Careers Adviser Kevin Standish (1980)is a social worker Noel Urton (1935)retired after more than Biennial Conference at Durham Univer­ with the Department of Health and 20 years of lecturing in the Pharmacy sity. Welfare in East London and is studying for Department at the Port Elizabeth Tech- an honours degree in Psychology throughnikon and now lives at Amsterdamhoek, UNISA. outside Port Elizabeth. Peter Whalley (1973)is the deputy head­ master at the new private high school, Alastair Steele-Gray (1968)and his wife Chris van der Spuy (1974)is Regional Per­ Watershed College, outside Marondera in Pippa (Lewis 1968)live at Kenton-on-Sea sonnel Manager for a large company and Zimbabwe. where they have a real estate and construc­ lives in Johannesburg. tion business. Patricia van Eeden (Bevis 1976)is married David Whittall( 1975) works for the CSIR in Brent Stephens (1977)manages a recruit­ with a young son and works for a labora­Cape Town and is reading for his PhD ment company in Johannesburg and is tory in Johannesburg. degree in Physics at the University of Cape chairman of the Witwatersrand Volleyball Town Association. Noelle Waddington (1964)became a direc­ tor of a stockbroking firm in Johannesburg Brian Stephens (1976)became a partner in at the end of the last year. Desmond Wilke (1980)is deputy principal a firm of chartered accountants and of Worchester High School and writes that auditors in Johannesburg in September Kim Wallbridge (1984) is currently travell­ he and his wife are settling down well in the last year. ing the world on a working holiday with Boland. Deon Stevens (1982)works as an accoun­ Kathy Lowe (1983). tant for Anglo America Gold and Uranium Brian Wilkes (1981) is an attorney with a Division and is engaged toAngela Davis Sue Wardrop (1974)started her own busi­ law firm in Pietermaritzburg. He married (1984) who works for an investment com­ ness at the beginning of this year, specializ­ Helen Piccione (1983)on March 12. 1988. pany in Port Elizabeth. ing in wine marketing and media liaison. Lynda Stiger (Challen 1974)is a housewife Clive Wilkie (1966)farms in the Machado- and a partner in her husband’s business — Russell Warren (1973)is a cost accountant dorp district of the Eastern T ransvaal. He is a light engineering works in Wynberg in with De Beers Premier Mine at Cullinan. married with two children. the Cape. Jennifer Still (1977)has been living in Cape Eric Watkinson (1921)retired in 1968 after Keith Willows (1970)is a partner in an Town since her return from the University over 40 years in black education — first as a accounting firm in Johannesburg and is of Miami in 1982. She works as a journalist teacher and later an inspector of schools. married with two children. and translator for You magazine and He first settled on the Natal South Coast teaches English as a foreign language at the but now lives in Port Elizabeth. Cape Town Technical College. Alison Wilmot (Rothera 1966)has two children and is a very busy farmer’s wife. Lynn Stonebridge (Rae 1979)lives in Victoria Watson-Smith (1975)is married to She gives swimming lessons during the Harare, Zimbabwe, and has one son, with a tobacco farmer in Zimbabwe and has summer months. another child on the way. three children. Victor Strugo (1972)is clinical research Evan Workman (1922)retired from the staff manager for a large pharmaceutical com­ Alan Webster (1969)now lives in Durban of Dale College, King Williams Town in pany, where he works with several ORs where he is an inspector of education with December 1968. He now lives at the including Neil Lane (1977)who is Manag­ the Natal Education Department. He Laubscher Park West Retirement Village ing Director of the company. recently married a social worker from in Port Elizabeth. Australia. Peter Stunden (1978)now lives in Nelspruit where he works for an insurance company. Peta-Lynne Xarhoulakou (Nelson 1966) Warwick Weedon (1969)lives in Pieter­ lives in Athens, Greece, and writes that her maritzburg, where he is still very active on English Language Institute is doing well. Colleen Sturrock (Large 1981)married in the squash court. For the past two years hisShe now has about 300 students and finds 1986 and has been teaching at Gardens club has fielded a second legue team com­ her work challenging and rewarding. Her Commercial High School in Cape Town posed entirely of ORs! husband also works permanently at the for the past two years. school.

Lynette Terry (1977)is married with two John Wegerhoff (1960)has been the head­ master of Garden Commericial High Donald Young (1978)and his wife Ingrid sons and lives in Harare. Zimbabwe, where (Winguist 1977)live at Kleinzee, a De Beers School in Cape Town since April last year. she works as a locum pharmacist. diamond mining town on the West Coast. Donald works in the personnel field and Anthony Thompson (1964)is head of Brian Wegerle (1973)and his wife, Jennifer Ingrid is kept busy looking after their first department at Merchiston Preparatory (Russell 1973)are now living in Johannes­ child, born at the end of 1987. School. He is married with two children burg and have two children. Brian is and still very much involved on the sport­general manager of National Chemical ing scene. He plays Master/Veterans Norma Zipp (previously Cohen, nee Products and Jennie is a Weigh-Less Stanhope 1950)emigrated to Australia in Hockey and has competed in four Duziinstructor. Marathons. August last year and works for her hus­ band, a consulting quantity surveyor. John Tidbury (1945)retired from teaching Michael Weir (1950)lives in East London at Kimberley Boys’ High School in 1978.where he is chairman of a motor firm in the Paul Zorn (1980) and his wife Lydia After five years’ teaching at Christian Border area and joint managing director of (Attridge 1980) now live in Harare, Zim­ Brothers College, he is now farming out­ a wholesale firm. He was elected President babwe, and have two children. Paul is an side Kimberley and enjoying it. of Assacom in 1985. attorney with a legal firm there.

11 RHODES NEWSLETTER JUNE 1988 Wilfred MacRobert (1936)in Cape Town in "In the 1950’s, Paton played an integral part Obituaries October, 1987 after a long period of illin anti-apartheid organizations through health. A founder member of the Liberal his involvement in the non-racial Liberal Party, he was actively involved in com­ Dr Tom Baker (1923)in November, 1987, Party. munity projects and was the first chairman “After the collapse of the Liberal Party in James Taylor Davidson (1927),in Novem­ of the Kalk Bay and District Ratepayers' 1968, Paton dedicated his life to literature ber 1987. In 1934 he was appointed as Association. He was a widower and is sur­ and chose to become a political observer senior lecturer in Physics at the University vived by three children and six grand­ and commentator rather than a direct par­ of Fort Hare. In 1965 he became that children. ticipant. Among the many books he wrote university’s First Professor of Physics. He were Too Late the Phalarope, Cry the Beloved spent much of his spare time coaching Dr Iain McDonald (1938)in Harare, Zim­ Country, and more recently,Ah, But Your cricket at Fort Hare and Alice and in 1945, babwe, in January, after a short illness. Dr Land is Beautiful". in recognition of his services to sport, theMcDonald was the director of the Tobacco new playing fields at the University of FortResearch Board in Zimbabwe, a post Hare were named after him. which he held for 27 years. Dr McDonald J S Peake (1925)in August, 1987. obtained a BSc in Chemistry and Zoology Edith Dovey (Ruddle 1915)in Uitenhage in at Rhodes, after which he was com­ June 1987, at the age of 91. She was one ofmissioned into the Royal Corps of SignalsDirk Pienaar (1940)in Pretoria in October, the first women students at Oriel Hall. She and served in the United Kingdom, Sicily 1987. At the time of his retirement in 1985, later trained under Dame Elsie Fogarty at and Italy. In 1946 he returned to the he was director of chemical technology at the Central School of Speech Training and Chemistry Department at Rhodes to take the South African Bureau of Standards. Dramatic Art in London, where she was up a post graduate scholarship. He was awarded two first-class certificates in awarded a Rhodes Scholarship and con­ Prof Walter Schaffer (1923)in Haifa, Israel, dramatic examinations, and was runner- tinued his academic career at Oxford in April 1987. Prof Schaffer’s career at up for the Gold Medal in her final year. where he obtained his BA and MA and was Rhodes was protracted due to difficult Edith was a founder member of the Uiten­ made an Associate of the Royal Institute offinancial circumstances and he had to hage Amateur Dramatic and Music Chemistry. In 1948 he returned to Zim­ interrupt his studies for long periods and Society and started the Edith Dovey Playbabwe and joined the Chemistry Depart­ work as a motor mechanic and salesman to Festival in 1951. She was a founder mem­ ment of the Ministry of Agriculture. Fromfinance them. At the time of his retirement ber and president of the Uitenhage Branch 1955-1957 Dr McDonald studied at North to Israel in 1972, Prof Schaffer was assistant of the National Council for Women. She isCarolina State University where he principal for academic affairs at the survived by her four sons, 14 grandchildrenobtained his Doctorate with a thesis on nit­ University of Cape Town. and four great-grandchildren. rogen nutrition of tobacco. He was appoin­ ted Director of Kutsaga Tobacco Research Rev lan Scott (1966)in August 1987. He had William Rhodes Green (1934)in Pinetown, Station in 1960. In 1975 he was nominated been seconded as a Minister of Methodist Natal, in November, 1987, at the age of 70. Aby the International Tobacco magazine as Church to become a regional chaplin for formerTownClerk of Pinetown and a town one of their “Tobacco Men of the Year” — the Department of Prisons. He held the councillor, he was also a member of the acknowledging him as an incontestable rank of Colonel at the time of his death. Pinetown Rotary Club and was writing the authority on tobacco agronomy. His history of the dub at the time of his death. interests were not confined to tobacco and Dr Edith Verschoor (1972)in East London he played a prominent role in other fieldsin January. Her teaching career spanned 40 Mike Hall (1947)in Loughton, England, in of agriculture in Zimbabwe as well as serv­ years and her greatest interest was in black November, 1986. ing on numerous boards. For his service toeducation. Apart from being a devoted agriculture. Dr McDonald was awarded teacher, she instilled a love of the English Neville Meyer Heyman (1968)in Sydney, the Order of the Legion of Merit in 1977. He language in her pupils. Australia, in August. 1987, after a cour­leaves his wife, Gwen, and two children. ageous fight for his life. He is survived by Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu (DD, Hon his wife, Jackie. Grad, 1977)in February. From an early Dr Brian Nunn (1969)in Durham, North age. Bishop Zulu was seen to be dedicated Carolina in September, 1987 at the age ofto the establishment of fellowship in the Reginald (Rex) Jubb (1924)in East London 35. At the time of his death. Dr Nunn was an field of race relations and the spirit of in October, 1987 after a long illness. His assistant professor or physiology at Dukereconciliation which became a driving book,The Freshwater Fish of Southern Africa, University and was well known for his force in his life. He qualified as a teacher first published in 1967, is still the standard outstanding contributions to the field ofand at the age of 19 he was appointed Prin­ reference work on the freshwater fish fauna physiology. He read for his PhD at thecipal of the Umlazi Primary School near of southern Africa. He was a prolific writer Imperial College, London. His colleaguesDurban. and his papers were always well-illustrated at Duke University described his death He enrolled at the University of Fort Hare with his own photographs and by his wife, “not only as an enormous loss to his family,at the age of 30 and successfully completed Hilda’s beautiful colour paintings or tinted but also to the family of physiologists, anda aBA degree. In 1939 he entered St Peter's photographs. He was a meteorologist in the tremendous loss to science”. Anglican Theological College in Johan­ then Rhodesia and Nyasaland in the 1930’s nesburg where he studied for two years and and his job provided him with ample Jenny Oertel (1980)in East London in obtained his Licentiate in Theology and opportunity to pursue his interest in February after contracting malaria while Diploma in the Faculty of Divinity. natural history and he started to send fish on holiday in Malawi. His strong adherence to the Anglican faith specimens to Dr J L B Smith in Grahams- remained a powerful influence in his life town in 1931. He retired from the Met ser­ Dr Alan Paton (DLitt, Hon Grad 1972)at his and he was ordained to the Ministry as a vice in 1957 and accepted a post in the home in Natal in April. A tribute to Dr Deacon in December, 1940 and appointed Department of Ichthyology at Rhodes. He Paton in the May, 1988 issue Rhodeo of assistant curate at St Faith's Mission in served on the Board of the Albany Museum read: “The recent death of South African Durban, where he remained for 20 years. for many years and was an Honoraryauthor, Alan Paton, has left a void in white Associate of both the Albany Museum and In 1942 he was ordained Priest and his ser­ liberal circles which will surely remain vices to the Diocese of Natal were recogni­ the JLB Smith Institute. unfilled for some time. The literature and zed in 1957 when he was made an honorary ideals of one of South Africa's most respec­Canon of St Saviour’s Cathedral of the Henry Lazarus (1923)in Bulawayo, Zim­ ted political commentators were hightlyDiocese of Natal. babwe in October 1987. At the time of his regarded by people throughout the politi­He was elected Bishop of Zululand in 1968 death he was the oldest lawyer in practice in cal spectrum in South Africa and the — a post he held until his retirement on his Zimbabwe. world. 70th birthday in June 1975.

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